Bernard Berenson: The Making of a Connoisseur

Paperback | January 1, 1979

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Critic, arbiter of taste, renowned authority on Renaissance painting and oracle to millionaire art collectors, Bernard Berenson was the most formidable presence in the art world for more than thirty years. Four decades of his life are unfolded in this compelling book.

Ernest Samuels is Franklyn Bliss Snyder Professor of English, Emeritus, Northwestern University and winner of a Pulitzer Prize for Biography.

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Table of Contents

PrefaceAcknowledgments

A Lithuanian ChildhoodDreamer in Minot StreetA Harvard AestheteLiterary DebutCities of a DreamSeedtime of ArtBeyond the AlpsDisciple of MorelliThe Smiths of Friday's HillThe Path to Monte OlivetoMaster and Errant PupilTrial of the Scholar-AestheteTalent in HarnessNew Vistas at Home and AbroadSecrets of the Artistic PersonalityHeretic at the New GalleryThe Tactile ImaginationOnly the Greatest in the WorldThe Critical GantletThe "Wizard of Quick Wits"A Duel with Vernon LeeA Tangled WebA Man of Affairs"Room for Berenson"A Union of "Minds and Feelings"A Victorian HusbandThe Study and Criticism of Italian ArtThe Wars of the BurlingtonMission to the New WorldA New Beginning

Selected BibliographyNotesIndex

From Our Editors

'This is a life filled with extraordinary people... Collectively they made the 1890's outrageously exciting, and the Berensons, in their relentless quest for recognition and security, serve as the perfect mirror. Samuels turns the mirror deftly, through Boston, London, Florence, Oxford, Vienna, and Chicago, pausing briefly in the boudoir, lingering in the golden hills of Tuscany, relentlessly reflecting the social scene... Samuels brilliantly captures it all.'--Christian Science Monitor

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This is a life filled with extraordinary people...Collectively they made the 1890s outrageously exciting, and the Berensons, in their relentless quest for recognition and security, serve as the perfect mirror. Samuels turns the mirror deftly, through Boston, London, Florence, Oxford, Vienna, and Chicago, pausing briefly in the boudoir, lingering in the golden hills of Tuscany, relentlessly reflecting the social scene...Samuels brilliantly captures it all.